The question you should be asking yourself about now is "What noise will not make me want to put a baseball bat to my computer?"
Each instrument you use will have a different sound and each skill plays a different tune. Early on your only option will be a lute, but as you level so will your ability to use instruments. Test out the sounds of some instruments below and see which one is your favorite!
There are additional instruments in the game that have have different tones, they are higher octave or lower octave but they don't yet come in form of minstrel instruments.